Shao Jun

Shao Jun (1505-) was a member of the Assassin Order from the Ming Empire-era China.

Biography
Jun was born in royal captivity during the Ming Dynasty. She spent her teenage years life as one of the favoured concubines of the Chinese emperor Zhengde. While not an ideal lifestyle, Zhengde's taste for travel meant that by the age of 15 Jun had seen more of the world than most people of the era.

In 1521, the Assassin Order used the confusion surrounding Zhengde's death to infiltrate the emperor's compound and free some of the concubines, Jun among them. She immediately became an Assassin - but never forgot the women she'd been forced to leave behind. Years later, she returned to the Imperial Palace to free the remaining concubines, only to find that they had been killed by Zhengde's successor, Jiajing.

Jiajing's response to the second attack on the Imperial Palace was swift and brutal, and caught the Assassins unprepared. The Brotherhood in eastern China was decimated. Shao Jun and her mentor survived, but were forced to flee Asia entirely. They travelled to seek the advice of Ezio Auditore da Firenze- but only Shao Jun would finish the journey, arriving in Florence in 1524, shortly before Ezio's death. Shao Jun was welcomed into the home of Ezio near Florence, Italy, and was reluctantly taught by Ezio on how to rebuild her order. He convinced her that love would bind the brotherhood together, telling her to unite the Chinese Assassins to fight for a better world, although to do it right would take a long time.

Shao Jun killed a Templar sent to attack the two in the city of Florence and also aided Ezio in defending his villa, and the next morning, Ezio bade her farewell on her return trip to China. Ezio died of a heart attack in a market in Florence soon after, and Shao Jun returned to China.